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Stations of the "MPSSZ"

Station

Latitude N

Longitude W

Elevation Meters

COW

33 22.90

80 41.96

60

CSB

32 59.16

80 04.24

-82.30

CSU

32 59.16

80 04.24

7

DRC

33 06.45

80 23.30

20

HBF

32 56.85

80 19.96

-88.70

MGS

32 53.87

80 08.46

9

RGR

32 54.45

80 11.65

-61

SVS

32 58.10

80 14.89

3

TWB

33 06.88

80 06.18

9

WAS

32 50.81

80 16.30

9

The Middleton Place/Summerville Seismic Zone is the most active area of tectonic
seismicity in South Carolina. Annual totals average 12 to 15 events of magnitude
1.0Ml or greater with twice that number of quakes less than 1.0, many too small to be located
accurately.
Research continues on the mechanisms at work in the Charleston area. One active fault
has already been established along the Ashley River(Ashley River Fault)and recent work supports
the concept of another fault running near parallel to the coastline from SW of Charleston to
the NE towards Lake Moultrie (Woodstock Fault).